Button



.1. F. LEIDECKER BUTTON Filed May 6, 1924 INVENi'OR John I? Leidec7ier.

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 18, 1925,

JOHN F. nnrnnckna or ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

BUTTON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JOHN F. LEIDECKER, a'

citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inButtons,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved button, the prime object-s of which are simplicity of construction, and ease of manufacture.

A further object is to provide a button which may be quickly attached to thecloth, and which will tenaciously grip the same. My'button is designed to engage a loop or bight of a fabric by a series of pins which pass through the bight, and hold the button firmly to the fabric. The button comprises a flat plate having a series of pins depending therefrom and operating therewith is a back or locking member having an opening through which the bight or loop of the fabric is forced. This locking member is preferably cup-shaped, so that when the plate with the pins is pressed towards the cup, the pins are bent so as to pass transversely through the bight of the fabric.

In the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustrated:

Figure 1 is a side view of the pin holding member. a

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the back or looking member. t

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4: of Figure 8.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view of.

the assembled button.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, a plurality of pins 1 are secured to a plate 2 which may or may not form the head of the button. The pins 1 may be secured to the plate 2 by crimping the outer edge of saidplate around the pins or in any other convenient manner. If desired the pins may be formed in pairs and in a U shape.

The back and locking member 3 is slightly cupped, and a plurality of grooves l are formed therein, which are adapted to receive the pins 1. The grooves'extend transversely of the said back, and terminate in an opening 5 in the bottom thereof. A rim 6 is formed around the opening 5 preferably by binding the metal of the back upwardly r around said opening. A plurality of holes Application filed May 6,

1924. Serial No. 711,392.

7 are formed in the rim 6 in alignment with the grooves '4.

I11 practice the cloth is looped within the opening 5, and the head 2 and pins 1 are positioned above the back 3 with the pins resting in the grooves l. Pressure is now exerted upon the head 2, and the pins are forced and bent along the grooves l through the openings 7 and through the cloth looped within the opening 5. The pins 1 extending through the holes 7 prevent the removal-of the head 2 and secure the button to the cloth.

Having described my invention, I claim:

having an opening therein through which the cloth is adapted to project upward in a loop from the outside, an upturned'edge adjacent said opening having holes therethrough, through which the pins extend.

2. A button comprising a plate, a plurality of pins secured to said plate, a cupped back having an opening therein through which the cloth is adapted to be looped upward from the outside, an upturned edge adjacent said opening having holes therethrough, through which the pins extend, said back having grooves formed therein for the reception and guidance of said pins.

3. A button comprising a plate, a plurality of pins securedto the plate, a cup shaped back having an opening therein through which fabric is adapted to be passed inward in a loop, said pins being adapted to bend on pressing the plate and the cup back together, and to engage the loop of the fabric. 1. A button comprising a plate, a plurality of pins secured to the plate adjacent the rim thereof, a cup-shapedback having an opening in the form of a slot therein,

through which a bight of fabric is adapted to be passed from the outside, an upturned edge on the cupped back adjacent the said opening, having holes therethrou h and grooves onthe inside of the back, forming guiding means to bend the pins when the of oppositely disposed walls between which a bight of fabric is adapted to be inserted to form a loop, a series of holes through the said walls, and said pins being adapted to bend on pressing the plate and the cupped back together pass through said holes and adapted to engage the loop of the fabric.

(3. A button as claimed in claim 5, having in addition grooves 011 the inside of the baek forming guiding means to bend the pins when the plate and back are pressed together and to guide the pins into the said holes.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. k

JOHN F. LEIDECKER. 

